Assistant/associate Professor, Food Microbiology

**Department** Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept

**Hours per week** **Posted date** May 20, 2025

**Closing date** August 1, 2025

**Position Type** Full Time - Operating Funded

**Description**:
This position is part of the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA).

As one of Canada’s premier research institutions, the University of Alberta offers an excellent teaching and research environment with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure, including laboratory equipment and a comprehensive range of leading-edge nutrition, food, and analytical research laboratories at the Human Nutrition Research Unit, Agri-Food Discovery Place, and the Agricultural Genomics and Proteomics Unit. The University of Alberta’s work is rooted in a commitment to creating a university community where everyone feels valued, barriers to success are removed, and thriving connections are fostered (Changing the Story) while honoring Indigenous identities, languages, cultures and world views (Braiding Past, Present and Future). The University is located on Treaty 6 territory, and Métis Nation of Alberta Zone 4. We recognize and respect the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.

**How to**
- Curriculum vitae.
- Research statement that outlines main areas of current research and short-term and long-term research goals. (2 pages maximum)
- Teaching Dossier, which includes a brief teaching philosophy and evidence of, or potential for, teaching effectiveness (2 pages maximum)
- A statement where applicants describe their plans for helping to reduce inequities, remove barriers to access, and cultivate a sense of belonging in their teaching, research, mentorship, and service. (2 pages maximum)
- Letters of reference will be requested from applicants selected for interviews.

The University of Alberta, its buildings, labs, and research stations are located on the traditional territory of Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, and Ojibway/Saulteaux/Anishinaabe nations; lands that are now known as part of Treaties 6, 7, and 8 and homeland of the Métis. The University of Alberta respects the sovereignty, lands, histories, languages, knowledge systems, and cultures of First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations, and the ways of Indigenous peoples on these lands inform and guide our learning modalities and approach to community. The University of Alberta is home to the only Faculty of Native Studies in Canada, and the University of Alberta’s First Peoples’ House supports the growing enrolment of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students.

The Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences (ALES) is a science-based faculty that is positioned within the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. Our professors and students draw from the natural sciences, the social sciences and the arts and humanities to seek comprehensive solutions to some of the key challenges our province, country and world face today. ALES was founded in 1915 and has a long and rich history, tracing back to one of the oldest Faculties and earliest Departments at the University of Alberta. Teaching, research and community engagement within the Faculty are focused on healthy human environments; the sustainability of land, forests and water; the biological, economic, social and technological underpinnings of the bio-products industry; and global food systems.

The Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science (AFNS) at the University of Alberta is a vibrant, collegial, and unique department, the first of its kind in North America. AFNS has a mission of serving the community through excellence in teaching and research in efficient and sustainable agricultural production, value-added processing, food safety and human health to promote the health and quality of life. AFNS administers a budget of about $ 38 million, including approximately $24 million in research and trust funds.

The Department now has a total of 65 academic staff: over 100 Research Associates, PDFs, Adjunct professors, and visiting scientists and 350 administrative/technical and Support staff. There are approximately 350 graduate students and over 900 undergraduate students enrolled in the BSc in Agriculture, Animal Health, Nutrition & Food Science degree programs, administered at the Faculty level.

We offer a health and wellness benefits package that includes a health spending account, parental leave, and pension benefits. Spouses/partners are offered employment services through the University's spousal/partner employment program. For spouses eligible to be academic faculty members, we encourage discussing with the dean at the offer stage or during employment, as we value minimizing long-distance separation of families whenever possible, with consideration to budgets and staffing needs. The c